Friday Saturday Random Ten - I Should Already Be Dressed Edition

"Happy to be nappy, I'm black and I'm proud" - Donnie, Cloud 9

I should be dressed. I should have already been out shopping and done my laundry and maybe had chipotle and maybe taken a phone call or two and be on my way to Silverlake to see my friend perform a little burlesque in betwixt the rockin' and rollin' of the Pin Down Dolls sets (or perhaps during? It hasn't been made clear). Yeah, I'm still in my PJs. The first three hours of the day were spent with Roland's Ka-Tet and the fictional Stephen King as I wrapped up Song of Susannah (which was very good, by the way, maybe my new favorite of the Dark Tower Series, but I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to write about it here yet) and Resident Evil 4.

Work has been incredibly eventful this week but I'm not really at liberty to share it publicly yet. It's good stuff, though, but it has me mad busy. Hence the complete lack of posting here all week. But this is the boring stuff. To make up for my lack of posting: two, two, two memes in one post.

Roxanne is passing the torch to Lauren but the rules are the same. You know them well. Out of 593 Songs on my iPod Mini, we've got ourselves a

Friday Random Ten

1. I'm No Angel - Dido
2. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Cyndi Lauper
3. Riot and Revolt - Wale Oyejide
4. Makeda - Les Nubians
5. Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) - Handsome Boy Modeling School
6. Symptom Finger - The Faint
7. Sota L'aigüa - Savath & Savalas
8. Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong) - Mos Def & Floetry
9. Pass the Mic - Beastie Boys
10. I'll Be Around (featuring Timbaland) - Cee-Lo

And via George who was challenged by Tish...

The Music Challenge

1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?

At work: approximately 7000 Songs. At Home: 2730 songs. On my preferred listening device, my iPod Mini: 593 songs.

2.The last CD you bought is:

Last Sunday at Second Spin I purchased John Legend's Get Lifted, Ladytron's Softcore Jukebox, The Biker Boyz Soundtrack, Greyboy's Soul Mosaic, Les Nubians's Princess Nubiennes, and Handsome Boy Modeling School's White People.

3.What is the song you last listened to before this message?

Restless Times by Clara Hill is what is currently playing on my iPod Mini.

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

My current return to often tracks are:

1. Ordinary People - John Legend
2. The Space Between - Zero 7
3. One Love - Whodini
4. Walking Under Green Leaves - Spymob
5. Green Eyes - Erykah Badu

I don't profess to know why songs might mean something special to me at any given moment. These 5 right now just kinda do.

5. Who are you gonna pass this stick to (three persons and why)?

Hmmm, I don't know. Maybe Michelle, Jessica, and Jessica. Michelle because I'm always curious about what she's listening to. Jessica because I don't think I know a lot about what she does listen to except when we do these memes. And Jessica because she scares me with her musical voodoo.

Update aka Bonus Music:

Folks are writing about what the hot shit is as well as the tracks that have meaning. Well, these don't have meaning but in the car or when I want to dance? These are the bangers on repeat:

1. One Thing - Amerie
2. Signs - Snoop Dogg (Featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson)
3. Pimpin' All Over the World - Ludacris (featuring Bobby Luv)
4. Let's Go - Trick Daddy
5. Roll Call (radio edit) - Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz (featuring Ice Cube)

And damn if I'm not all about some crunk tracks in the car lately.

Comments

[kipdean]

Damn, I love that Cee-lo record. My kinda people

[George]

Moly oly, so that's who sings it! Driving into work last week, I was listening to Hard Knock Radio. They played "Ordinary People" and I almost had to pull over to the side of the road.

[ps]

Mr. JT, Have you heard YoungbloodBrassBand.com w/ Talib Kweli. Noice! (orig. tipped @ Tofu Hut)

[Khandi]

I was actually quite disappointed in the last half of the Dark Tower series; can't wait to see what you think of the final book.

[ej]

I'm desperately trying to stay away from crunk music, but Prime won't let me. Heh.

That One Thing is gonna be in my head for a spell. Whew!

[Ariel]

You would have been the only customer there, but eventually you will have to come out!

[elle-emme]

les nubians. i want that cd and never will shell out the dough to get it. are you totally diggin' it? is it like e. badu but in french?